From the USPS on October 29, 2025:
For millions of Americans, the beach is the ultimate vacation. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, says these stamps were inspired by her annual summertime trips to beaches in New England. “These little snapshots are reminiscent of those experiences — a break from busy lives and demands throughout the year,” she says. Noyes was drawn to the vitality and “fresh, bold spontaneity” that Gregory Manchess brings to the oil paintings shown on the stamps. “He captures the essence of the subject, even at a very small scale,” she says. “Greg has managed to make these scenes instantly recognizable with just the right amount of visual information.”
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Updated March 30th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue: 
The Digital Color Postmark measures 3.0″ x 1.4″ 
There is no pictorial postmark for this issue. However, there will be a show cancel (WESTPEX) for that date.
Updated March 26th:
Although the first-day postmarks were shown in the Postal Bulletin a week ago, I’m told they are not yet finalized and so the larger, clearer versions are not yet available for us.
Updated March 19th:
On April 24, 2026, in Burlingame, CA, the United States Postal Service® will issue the A Day at the Beach stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 685900). These stamps will go on sale nationwide April 24, 2026, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
A Day at the Beach celebrates the simple joys of a coastal escape with four new stamps in a booklet of 20. One stamp captures the magic of a sandcastle taking shape, another shows a seagull perched on a wooden piling, a third features a bicycle parked near the shore, and a fourth portrays a reader lounging under a colorful beach umbrella. Artist Gregory Manchess used oil on board to create the art. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps.
No automatic distribution.
How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
The first-day-of-issue postmark is a postmark notating the day a stamp is first authorized for use by the Postal Service™. Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. All requests for first-day-of-issue postmarks (Traditional or Digital Color Postmark) must be sent to the following address with the choice of Traditional or Digital Color Postmark identified. All orders must be postmarked by August 24, 2026.
FDOI – A Day at the Beach Stamps
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
Technical specifications are not yet available.
Updated February 17th:
These stamps will be issued April 24 in Burlingame, Calif., with a local ceremony (WESTPEX stamp show).
Dislike these as these are a retread of a summer stamp issue back in 2020 and the artwork was equal or a little better than this.
Are you referencing Enjoying The Great Outdoors, 5475-5479? I do see some similarities.
It is the same artist.
Might it be a leftover design that wasn’t used for that 2020 issue?
These are illustrated as a booklet, but the 2020 ones were a pane. I always find it interesting when they do such a similar design in a different format – like the Day of the Dead and Mariachi and then Pinatas. I have the mentality that booklets are definitive, but that’s really not always the case.